Urban Planning

The Urban Transitions Alliance initiative supports industrial legacy cities from across the globe to identify common challenges, share knowledge and develop solutions to successfully guide their individual sustainable solutions. These thematic briefing sheets capture key transition challenges, solution pathways and city case studies from the Alliance cities in the field of infrastructure, mobility, energy and social transitions.

Each part of the Chongqing 2035 report is downloadable below.

Overview Report: Spatial and Economic Transformation for a Global City

Supporting Report 1: Spatial Transformation Strategy Increasing Efficiency and Livability by Promoting Compact and Human-Centered Development 

More data are available today than ever before. Yet too often policymakers, business leaders, and analysts cannot access the data they need to make informed decisions about the environment and human well-being. That’s why WRI and over 30 partners built Resource Watch, a dynamic platform that leverages technology, data, and human networks to bring unprecedented transparency about the planet right now. Resource Watch features hundreds of data sets all in one place on the state of the planet’s resources and citizens.

WRI produces and curates data sets as part of our commitment to turn information into action. These products are based on our research, which are held to traditional academic standards of excellence, including objectivity and rigor.

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This TOD Guide for Urban Communities shares the best practice guidelines in transit oriented development around the world. This publication summarizes 28 concrete design recommendations for transit oriented development. It also identifies seven steps that developers and authorities should follow in transit oriented development. The target audiences are real estate developers, public sector decision makers, researchers, and citizens searching for quality-of-life improvement.

The Safe Access Manual offers recommendations to develop safe access to mass transit stations in Indian cities. An investment of 15 billion USD has already been made across various cities to develop mass transit infrastructure such as metro rail and bus rapid transit. Improving access to mass transit in India can serve multiple objectives—provide safe, affordable and sustainable commuting options, create vibrant public spaces and serve its communities’ needs.